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aimat-lab / xrdpattern

Python library for XrdPatterns including file import, file export and postprocessing functionalities
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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Deleted package detected #1

Closed ashishbijlani closed 5 months ago

ashishbijlani commented 7 months ago

I'm a Cyber Security researcher and developer of PackjGuard [1] to address open-source software supply chain attacks.

Issue

During my research, I detected a deleted package in this repository.

Details

Specifically, the package xrdpattern mentioned in file README at line 28 does not exist on the public PyPI registry. A bad actor can hijack this package to propagate malicious code.

Impact

Not only your apps/services using https://github.com/aimat-lab/xrdpattern repo code are vulnerable to this attack, but the users of your open-source Github repo could also fall victim.

You could read more about such attacks here: https://medium.com/@alex.birsan/dependency-confusion-4a5d60fec610

Remediation

Please highlight this in file README and register a placeholder package for xrdpattern on public PyPI soon to remediate.

To automatically fix such issues in future, please install PackjGuard Github app [1].

Thanks!

  1. PackjGuard is a Github app that monitors your repos 24x7, detects vulnerable/malicious/risky open-source dependencies, and creates pull requests for auto remediation: https://github.com/marketplace/packjguard
Somerandomguy10111 commented 5 months ago

This package has no released versions yet, but it does exist on pypi under my ownership.